Innovative medical school programs discussed include a problem-based, village-centered rural program in the Philippines, a problem-oriented rural program of community medicine in Thailand, a problem-based curriculum in China, and four restructured medical curricula in the United States. Focus is on the results of the changes. (MSE)

Proposes that problem scenarios are activities that give students opportunities to employ mathematics across the curriculum by asking them to define problems, identify information needed and potential sources of data, and make related conjectures. Discusses an example of a scenario involving transportation. (MDH)

Discusses a new approach to mathematics education that moves away from methods that tell students what to do and toward methods that help students build mental representations of mathematical concepts. Contrasts the previous and emerging views and examines aspects of the new approach. (26 references) (MDH)

Describes the team selection process and the organization of the mathematics component of the Environmental Studies Academic Pentathlon. The mathematics component consisted of environmental research, research methodology, and statistics. Groups submitted papers on seven environmental issues, and individuals designed and reported research studies…

Describes and explains the rationale behind efforts to include children with special needs in the school community by helping to promote ordinary interactions between children with disabilities and those without. Offers information on several programs such as "Crazy Shoes and Circus Feats," a comic routine for school children. (JB)

Outlines features and characteristics of science-technology-society (STS) science textbooks needed to implement an STS curriculum, noting STS science requires a fundamentally different approach to teaching science. The article refers to an STS science textbook currently being implemented in the tenth grade. (SM)

Describes several techniques that have been used in a variety of college mathematics classes to shift the classroom experience from instructor-centered to student-centered. Discusses specific applications of these techniques to remedial mathematics, precalculus, liberal arts mathematics, calculus, and geometry classroom settings. (40 references)…

Describes an intermediate level, college geometry course that is designated as both writing and speaking intensive. Suggests methods that utilize writing and speaking activities to enhance student learning, and discusses student reactions to the course. (nine references) (JJK)

Discusses administrative policies related to projects of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Describes a typical budget for an IEA project. Includes a figure illustrating a typical project timetable. (CFR)

Observations of one teacher's approach to teaching second grade mathematics reveal a mixture of traditional and innovative techniques. The new teaching policy advocated by the revised California Mathematics Framework is not being implemented. The call for reform in education has increased the teacher's obligation without increasing resources to…

The Enterprise Awareness in Teacher Education program incorporates enterprise, economic, and industrial issues into all preservice teacher education in England, Scotland, and Wales through an extensive program of faculty development. One of three proposed levels of program evaluation is currently in place in the institutions. (Author/MSE)

Describes one library's use of technological innovation to provide Associated Press updates over the library's 24-hour dial-up service during the Persian Gulf War. Suggests five rules for innovation: (1) develop a shared vision; (2) foster frequent, formal, and informal communication; (3) empower employees; (4) take limited risks; and (5) use, but…

Describes preservice and inservice teacher education reform in the Asia-Pacific region. Reforms center on strengthening links between theory and practice, preservice and inservice education, teacher education and society, east and west, and countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Four recommendations for basic reform principles are presented. (SM)

Describes methods to identify sources and write proposals for grants to implement the goal of providing technology in the classroom. Presents five examples of schools that received grants and the impact that the resulting programs had in the schools. Identifies important elements of a grant proposal. (MDH)

This 2-year study involved 580 seventh- and eighth-grade students to determine the effects of a long-term professional development plan to integrate the Texas Instruments' Math Explorer calculators into mathematics teaching and learning and students', teachers', and parents' attitudes toward calculator use. Includes recommendations for practice…